TTYL: Tourist walks off pier while Facebooking

This file image from 2009 is the sort of scene you would expect posted to Facebook. The pier and surrounding St Kilda area are one of Melbourne's most popular spots

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Distracted by Facebook on her phone, a tourist in Melbourne, Australia, walks off a pier

Police called to rescue the ardent Facebooker in chilly waters

Woman held onto her phone throughout the ordeal

In one of the most memorable status updates we've seen in a while, a Taiwanese tourist in Melbourne, Australia, was so absorbed in Facebook that she walked off the end of St. Kilda pier and plunged into the chilly waters of Port Phillip Bay.

Called to the scene by a quick-thinking witness, police arrived to find "the distressed woman, floundering in the water."

Police rescued the woman who, in addition to not being able to watch where she was going, reportedly couldn't swim.